imperforate

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Operations for Artificial Anus.—In children the condition known as imperforate anus may sometimes be remedied by exploratory operations in the perineum, guided by the protrusion caused by the distended intestine.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

In a young condition they are tubular, but not folded; and often, according to Prof. Macgillivray, either one or both are at first imperforate.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The inverse ratio of seven to one for a catalog value would make the perforated stamp list $42 with the imperforate at $6.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong

The labels were normally perforated the usual 12, but the same journal for April 13, 1892 reports that a whole sheet had been seen in an imperforate condition.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong

Although made and approved, this stamp is said to have been withheld from issue in this imperforate condition.

From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by Tiffany, John Kerr